North Penn Model Aviation Club
"the MAC" since Fall 2003

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Students were elated over their joys to find a working flight simulator in the classroom. Because the Thanksgiving break occurred, some students were not at the meeting on November 22nd.  James and Moonim worked their hardest to build and fly their Knight Fighter. It worked quite well and only needed a few minor adjustments. Unfortunately, they let another student fly it, and that student crashed it pretty badly.

Although it wasn't a Wednesday, the club still met to squeeze one more meeting in before the Thanksgiving holiday. Although a handful of people showed up, we found a free flight simulator that works really well! Since the upgrade to Windows 7, the old software stopped working. However, we're all back in business and students are practicing their flying skills without spending time repairing their planes. Mark also took the time to hover the blingbling around the classroom. He's learning how to torque roll very well. However, his 20in micro blingbling is much more agile than this 32in version. 

Mr.Voicheck forgot to use his camera today. Things were crazy and very busy! Students continued building and flying planes and helicopters.

Today's goals included soldering the electronic speed controls (ESCs) to the motors. That required teaching soldering and basic safety skills. Students learned the proper way to solder, using flux and the right type of soldering equipment. The right tools make soldering easy. The wrong ones make it a nightmare. It was a successful day building too. Mo and Jackie continued work on their KnightFighter. Sunit repaired yet another plane. He refers to himself as the surgeon, but he's the one who crashes them.

A ton of building a took place as our new students learned how to use the equipment. Students were gluing, cutting, and wiring their electrical systems to work correctly with the radios. The Knight Fighters are coming along nicely. Mark brought in his newly modified BlingBling. With its new power system. It is lighter and can easily accelerate from a hover. The plane weighs in around 55 grams. Mr.Voicheck and Garret took to the skies and battled planes. The JetCat lost a good portion of the wing. Surprisingly enough, Garret's new plane suffered no damage.

Today's meeting consisted of aerial footage from Ryan's Easy Star. The plane can easily carry a large payload. We should post some video of it soon. The students were eager to see the video. Despite the windy conditions, video footage was really good. We even captured a few near hits and one midair collision. Ryan's plane survived. Meanwhile, Mark continued to modify his BlingBling. He amazed the students by hovering it in such a small space. The new equipment should be here soon for his modifications.

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At our first member meeting students were exposed to some amazing flying! A large crowd of prospective members witnessed aerial battles and heard a ton of information about the club's history and future. The wind was heavy and it made flying difficult, but no major carnage occurred.

The new supplies showed up, so a quick inventory occurred to make sure we received everything. We spent over $250 on motors, batteries, speed controls and similar items. This should last us most of the year and into the start of next year. Mark found a very large caterpillar and thought it would make a great pilot. Flying continued as we prepared planes for the new member meeting. Patrick worked on soldering his ESC to the motor, and Anthony learned how to bind the Spektrum radios.

For the third meeting of this year, we were surprised to find so many prospective members show up.  The weather was perfect for flying. Garrett worked on the AlleyCat while Sunit prepared the pretty mini biplane. Brian wants to build something new, and is interested in the depron fattie planes. The autogyro flew really well because the wind was so low.

We had our second meeting for 2011 today. Today was also the activities fair during lunch, and a few students manned the table, advertising our club to the school. We will host our first open membership meeting on October 5th. With the weather still really nice outside, students were anxious to build and fly. Garrett sloped the Alula along the building for nearly an hour. Flight times were in excess of three minutes. That's really good for our area.

7 September 2011

After a summer break and time away from our foam flying friends, we joined forces again to feed our fascination of flying machines. Mark brought in his modified blingbling. He removed a lot of foam and covered the plane with clear plastic wrap. It works amazingly well in such a small place.